Weather-strip.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

0. T. AKRE.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.13, 1906.

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WEATHER-STRIP.

No. 891,662. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 23, 1908.

Application filed Decexiiber 13, 1906. Serial No. 347,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ODD T. AKRE, citizen of the United States, residingat Wallin ford, in the county of Emmet and State of owa, have inventedcertain new and useful Imrovements in Weather-Strips, of which theollowing is a specification.

This invention is designed to provide novel means for excluding wind,dust, and dampness, and has for its object toprovide an improvedconstruction of weather strip which may be attached to the frame of-adoor, or window, or secured to the part to be rendered tight, said stripbeing devised with the special View of cooperating with the stop of adoor, or window, and com risin angularly disposed portions, one 0 whichis confined by the stop, and the other extending in front of the stop soas to come between it and the closure, whether the latter be a door,sash, or other like art. i

For a fu description of the invention and the merits thereof and also toacquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in' which Fi ure 1' is a detailperspective view of a weat er strip embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a slmilar view of a modification. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection of a door frame and door rovided with a weather strip embodyingt einvention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin descriptlonand indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

The weather stri comprises angularly disposed wings 1 and 2, the wing 1being exceedingly thin and tapered to an edge away from the wing 2.

The wing 2 is comparatively thick so as to maintain its proper shape andposition, sustaining the wear of the moving part rubbing thereover. Thewings 1 and 2 are applied approximately at a right angle to each otherso as to fit about the corner of a stop, or like striplas indicated mostclearly in Fig. 3.

e tapered wing 1 is ada ted to be confined between the sto 3 an theframe 4 of the door, window, or 'ke part. By having the wing 1 taperedto an edge, and of less width than the top it is not exposed when theFig. 1 to the up er and ower stops and to the stop against w ich themovable edge oftlie door closes. The form shown in Fig. 2 is applied tothe stop adjacent to thehinged edge of the door, thereby admitting ofthe door working upon the convex side when closing.

By having the form shown in Fig. 1 applied to the stop a ainst which thefree ed e of the door closes, slamming of the door is o viated and atight joint assured, since the projecting edge of the win 2 is adaptedto e slightly compressed and of the door being closed and latched.

The Weatherstrip may be constructed of any material best adapted for theurpose but it is preferred to form the same 0 pliable material, therebyadmitting of'rolling the strip and of the same conforming to theirregularities in the surface so as to insure a tight joint between theframe 4 and the stop 3 when in position.

The preferred material is rubber which is elastic and not affected bydampness. The strip is provided in any length and is adapted to be cutto fit a door, window, or other part to be protected against the weatherin the manner herein stated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claime as new is:

The combination of a frame, a swinging closure for the frame, a stopapplied to the frame for limiting the movement of the swinging closure,and a weather strip cooperating with the stop, the said weather stripbeing formed of elastic material and comprising two wings disposed atright angles to each other, one of the wings being clamped between thestop and the frame and being of less width than the stop, the said wingalso graduall tapering in thickness toward its outere go to obviate thenecesthereby admits sity fcr recessing the stop, While the opposite Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature 7 wing bears against the edge ofthe stop and in presence of two witnesses.

corresponds in Width to the thickness of the ODD T AKRE [L S 1 same, thesaid opposite Wing having a thickened formation and being ada ted to beWitnesses: compressed against the stop by t e swinging S. CERUTAPHEN,

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